Leah Smith, who amassed half a million followers on TikTok, has tragically passed away at the age of 22 after battling Ewing's Sarcoma - a rare form of cancer that affects the bones and soft tissue
Young TikTok star Leah Smith, who inspired hundreds of thousands of people by sharing her battle with a rare form of cancer, has sadly passed away at the age of 22, and her boyfriend Andrew shared a moving video tribute as he announced the news of her passing.
"I'm sad to say that she passed away today at around 11.30 this morning. I just want to say thank you to everyone. All your comments did help - she did actually read all of them. Anyone who said anything nice ever - it means more than you realise. Leah became a popular TikTok creator after sharing her fight against cancer and updates on her medical care. In 2020, she explained the alarming symptoms she had been experiencing, saying: "I had really bad back pains for 10 months. It was constant then I lost all the feeling in my left leg and I knew something was most definitely wrong."